Luis Carlos Ramírez-Martínez
Founding-Managing Partner
Head of Policy Making & Policy Strategy
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International Economic Law and Trade Policy consultant with 17+ years of experience in government, top law firms, and strategic advisory. Skilled in FTAs, trade remedies, free zones, and investment promotion. University professor and speaker on international trade and economic policy.
Luis Carlos Ramírez-Martínez is a lawyer specializing in International Economic Law and Trade Policy, with more than 17 years of experience in the public sector, international law firms, and strategic consulting in Colombia, the United States, and within the WTO framework. He has advised companies industry associations, and governments on free trade agreements, trade remedies, free zones, trade barriers, export promotion, and investment attraction.
In Washington D.C., he worked as an associate at Curtis, Mallet- Prevost and with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, and in Colombia he served as Director of Trade Remedies at Araujo Ibarra & Asociados, as well as attorney at Research & Opportunities Ltda. In the public sector, he acted as an FTAs legal advisor and negotiator at the Ministry of Trade and the Presidency of the Republic, advising more than 15 FTAs, and later as advisor to the Superintendent of Financial Institutions of Colombia, where he led the international relations office. Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as an outstanding lawyer international trade and customs, he has been a member of the Colombian Academy of International Law, professor at leading universities including Javeriana, CESA, Externado, Sergio Arboleda, and Los Andes, and a frequent lecturer and author in international forums.
He earned his Law degree with honors from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, holds a master’s in law from Universidad Sergio Arboleda, and an LL.M in International Law from The Fletcher School – Tufts additional training at Harvard’s Law and Kennedy schools.
Work Experience
Founding – Managing Partner
CID-Pro Consulting
Advisor – Coordinator of International Relations Office
Financial Superintendency of Colombia
Legal Advisor – Office of the Economic Advisor to the President
Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic
Director Research
Public Citzen – Global Trade Watch (GTW)
Foreign Associate- Trade Remedies
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A
Foreign Associate – International Trade Practice
Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Advisor – Office of International Legal Affairs
Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism of Colombia
Director, Trade Remedies Unit
Araújo Ibarra & Asociados
Consulting Attorney
Research & Opportunities
Attorney
Raffo Palau Abogados
Education
LL.M Internacional Law, 2019
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Master of Laws, 2013
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Abogado (Honores) 2007
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Languages
Spanish, English
